Before this becomes another CDA vs BIPA vs XYZ thread I just want to know what category these beers should be entered under in competition if there is no category listed as any name you would normally call this beer style. Also there was no American Stout or American Porter styles (it was a competition in New Zealand) and it was kicked out of the speciality/herb/spice/experimental style for been out of class

First person to turn this thread into another thread arguing the name of the beer style (CDA, Black IPA rather than a recognised competition style) you are an idiot and thank you very much

Thanks for the replies, it was a non BCJP competition (I dont know of any over here) and these were the category styles... NZ Dark is more of a brown porter using NZ hops certainly not a CDA/BIPA etc I entered it under 9.5 and wrote on it that it was a "Black IPA" so that it would avoid confusion and I thought they would reclass it if needed. They haven't got my feedback out to me yet so I don't know what the issue was.